Donald came to the CaringWorks in 2013. He was an active alcoholic and drug addict. Abuse as a young child had led him to marijuana and, after high school, to cocaine and other drugs. He went to college at Gallaudet University and then the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) for engineering. His addiction became so powerful after he left that he lost numerous jobs, spiraling into chronic homelessness on and off for many years. He was in and out of different programs because he just wasn’t ready. But he found a home and sobriety at CaringWorks.